Comments on: Clear-Eyed Optimismhttp://apracticalwedding.com/episcopal-wedding-prayers/
Weddings. Minus the insanity, plus the marriage.Fri, 09 Dec 2016 16:57:00 -0800hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1By: Laurenhttp://apracticalwedding.com/episcopal-wedding-prayers/#comment-344951
Wed, 14 May 2014 22:50:00 +0000http://apracticalwedding.com/2013/03/clear-eyed-optimism/#comment-344951agreed Gina. it brings tears to my eyes in my first month of marriage. already, each of these prayers rings true and I am so grateful for this APW community.
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Wed, 08 May 2013 19:27:40 +0000http://apracticalwedding.com/2013/03/clear-eyed-optimism/#comment-176231I keep returning to this article. I want to copy it word-for-word into our wedding. (Don’t worry, I won’t!) Thank you for inspiring me to incorporate a request for prayers into our ceremony. What a beautiful way to involve your faith and your friends, and to recognize that your marriage is about so much more than just the two of you.
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Wed, 08 May 2013 16:10:13 +0000http://apracticalwedding.com/2013/03/clear-eyed-optimism/#comment-176182Thank you for this. I have just recently secured an officiant (a family friend who is a JP and also did my sister’s wedding), so this is just perfect timing.

I agree that witnessing the difficulties that married people close to us can really open our eyes to marriage in new ways. My fiance and I both have parents that divorced when we were in our early teens (they divorced the same year but we were different ages), and this really shaped how we see love and marriage. Watching one’s parents get divorced SUCKS. Nothing can really change that. But being around for their next love story can be AMAZING. Both M and I got to watch our parents meet new people, fall in love, deal with new problems, and make the choice to get married again.

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Tue, 07 May 2013 16:13:18 +0000http://apracticalwedding.com/2013/03/clear-eyed-optimism/#comment-175768I’ve been an Episcopalian my whole life and have always, always loved the vows. Even casually opening the prayer book and glancing through them results in tears. When we were first engaged my fiance mentioned writing our own vows and it was one thing I couldn’t compromise on. These vows are perfect and reading your story made me cry (again) as it said everything I’ve always loved about these vows. It’s made me even more excited to stand before everyone and say them to my love.
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Tue, 07 May 2013 16:01:45 +0000http://apracticalwedding.com/2013/03/clear-eyed-optimism/#comment-175766Love this post and the acknowledgement that we can’t do it all by ourselves out of sheer willpower and good intentions.
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Tue, 07 May 2013 14:40:47 +0000http://apracticalwedding.com/2013/03/clear-eyed-optimism/#comment-175755Thank you for sharing. I learned so much from you and the wikipedia article!
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Tue, 07 May 2013 13:11:24 +0000http://apracticalwedding.com/2013/03/clear-eyed-optimism/#comment-175734Hi Caroline – I wondered if this question would come up – of course I don’t mind! The mass itself is similar, with a few exceptions. We do not use the updated translation that the Roman church uses, the congregation is a more active participant and at our parish – all are welcome to Communion.

The best way I’ve found to describe our parish is that embraces the ritual that I grew up and love with a social construct that fits the 21st centure and who I am today. We have women clergy and are open and accepting of anyone who wants to participate.

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Tue, 07 May 2013 11:46:48 +0000http://apracticalwedding.com/2013/03/clear-eyed-optimism/#comment-175718Absolutely LOVE this phrase. So perfect.
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Tue, 07 May 2013 11:13:14 +0000http://apracticalwedding.com/2013/03/clear-eyed-optimism/#comment-175713This is also my favorite quote. The whole thing is absolutely beautiful, but this really speaks to me. One of the best insights I have ever received from APW is that there are going to be challenging times- I believe one post or comment even spoke about bad YEARS within a marriage. Though we did not use these specific words in our ceremony, the intention was certainly there, and for me it is of the most important characteristics of a strong marriage. It gives me comfort to know that challenges are inevitable, and that even when things are tough we can count on our marriage, God, and our community to support us and lead us to forgiveness.
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Tue, 07 May 2013 07:13:12 +0000http://apracticalwedding.com/2013/03/clear-eyed-optimism/#comment-175688Do you mind me asking, what is a non-Roman Catholic mass and how does it differ from a Roman Catholic mass?

edited to add: I hope that doesn’t come across as rude. I’m just curious. I’m a not-very-knowledgeable-about-any-sort-of-Christianity Jewish lady, and I’ve never heard of there being separate Roman Catholicism and non-Roman Catholicism, and I’m very curious.